Gunfreak  | 14 Nov 2019 11:03 a.m. PST |
Now given that the vast majority wouldn't have a sidearm. But a rifle or shotgun.
But of those who used a sidearm.
Was the SAA so prevalent next to the Schofield, and Remington 75?
In movies and tv shows, you can count on one hand when someone use something other than a SAA. |
| 79thPA | 14 Nov 2019 12:00 p.m. PST |
Occupations that required someone to carry a pistol as part of their work would carry the best that they could get. Civilians and incidental gun carries (like cowboys) would carry what they had or what they could afford, which could very well be an old cap and ball revolver, or a c&b revolver that was converted to fire cartridges. A fifty cents a day ranch hand was not going to buy a $20.00 USD pistol. |
| Gunfreak | 14 Nov 2019 12:16 p.m. PST |
But that is of little help, I'm asking if the SAA was much more prevalent than the Schofield or Remington that moves makes them out to be. That movies don't bother with cap and ball or even converted cap and ball is one thing, it's unnecessary complications. But if you're buying umberti replicas for your movie, it makes no difference if you're buying a replica Remington or SAA.
All three of those guns were expensive equipment back then.
So the question is again, was the SAA far more common than the Schofield or Remington? |
| 79thPA | 14 Nov 2019 12:29 p.m. PST |
The SAA has the highest production numbers. |
| khanscom | 14 Nov 2019 7:21 p.m. PST |
I recall seeing photos of Indian scouts or tribal police carrying 1875 Remingtons. Price can be an important consideration, so I'd expect a fair number of cartridge conversions from older C&B revolvers. You might check the SASS site for more info. |
| bsrlee | 14 Nov 2019 8:14 p.m. PST |
If you are not going to pull it out of the holster on a Movie Set, then all Colt and Remington single action revolvers look the same. Remember, 'cowboys' carried a pistol to shoot themselves if they got thrown and dragged by a runaway horse. |
| Patrick R | 15 Nov 2019 6:28 a.m. PST |
Arming the West; A Fresh New Look at the Guns that were Actually Carried on the Frontier by Herbert G Houze. YouTube link |
| Choctaw | 15 Nov 2019 10:47 a.m. PST |
In just about any period photo I've seen of the U.S. Marshals and Texas Rangers, the officers are all carrying 1873 Colts. The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame in Waco, TX, only lists Colt production handguns covering the period from 1872 to 1900 in its collection. |
| Lion in the Stars | 19 Nov 2019 4:48 p.m. PST |
I'd actually expect the .45 Schofield revolvers to be a bit uncommon. But a S&W in another caliber, particularly one of the Winchester calibers like .44-40, would be fairly common. You couldn't buy a Colt in one of the Winchester calibers, and it was very convenient to have both pistol and rifle use the same ammunition. |
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